John E. Fogarty International Center

The John E. Fogarty International Center was founded in 1968 by US President Lyndon Johnson at the National Institutes of Health to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers.^{[citation needed]}

John Edward Fogarty International Center

Agency overview
Formed	July 1, 1968
Headquarters	Bethesda, Maryland
Parent agency	National Institutes of Health
Website	www.fic.nih.gov

History

On July 1, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson issued an Executive Order establishing the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in order to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers.^[1] In March 2017, the Trump administration proposed cuts to the NIH budget, including elimination of the Fogarty Center, saving $69 million.^[2]

Congressional appropriations to the FIC^[3][4]
Fiscal years 1980–2019

Directors

Past directors from 1968 - present^[5]

Portrait	Director	Took office	Left office
	Milo D. Leavitt, Jr.	June 16, 1968	July 1978
	Leon Jacobs	July 1, 1978	June 29, 1979
	Edwin D. Becker (acting)	July 1979	April 1980
	Vida H. Beaven (acting)	April 1980	January 1981
	Claude Lenfant	February 1981	July 1982
	Mark S. Beaubien (acting)	July 1, 1982	January 1984
	Craig K. Wallace	January 1984	December 1987
	Carl Kupfer (acting)	January 1, 1988	July 1988
	Philip E. Schambra	August 1998	September 30, 1998
	Gerald T. Keusch	October 1, 1998	December 31, 2003
	Sharon H. Hrynkow (acting)	January 1, 2004	May 2006
	Roger I. Glass	June 11, 2006	Present